Attachment for traction-operated implements.



No 867,368. PATENTED 001?. 1, 1907. G. 0. HBLVIG & a. DANIELSON.

ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTION OPERATED IMPLEMENTS. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.17, 1906.

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WITNESSES A TTORNE Y3 No. 867,368. PATENTBD 001. 1, 1907.

. G. .0. HELVIG & E. DANIELSON. ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTION OPERATED IMPLEMBNTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1906.

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W; /VESSES ATTORNEYS To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, GILBERT Qllnnvro and En I UNITE- :1

GILBERT O. HELVIG AND EDWARD DANIELSON, DAWSON, MINNESOTA.

a'rrsomunn'r :son TRACTION-OPERATED mrnnrrsms.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented oat. 1, 1907.

Application filed September 17,1906. Serial No. 334,894.

WARD DANIELSON, both citizens of the United States,

and residents of Dawson, in the county of Lac qui Parle and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Attachment for 'l raction-Operated Implements,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' {This invention relates to certain improvements in farm implements, particularly ha-rvesters, binders, and

the like, and consists in means whereby the machinery carried on such implements may be operated independ- 1 .ently of the traction wheels.

' The object of the invention is to provide a device capable of attachment to any'common form of farm implement now in use, without varying or modifying the I "structure of said implement in any way, such attachment comprising a suitable platformand means carried thereon, for operating the mechanism of the implement.

Reference is to be hadlto the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all-the figures, in which i Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a common fornrof reaper and binder having our attachment se cured thereto; Fig, 2-isa rear elevation thereof, the portion on the left of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 being removed and Fig. 3 is a detail showing the method of attaching the platform to the frame of the binder.

Our improved attachment incapable of being secured to and used in connection with various differenltforms of implements, in which the frame carries machihery or moving parts adapted to be operated from the traction whcel-asthe implement is moved. For giving a clearer idea as to the nature of our attachment and the method in which it is secured to the frame of an implement, we have illustrated a portion (if a reaper and binder pro vided with a main traction wheel 1, 011 an axle 2,;which latter is mounted on the main frame of the implement. As shown, the frame comprises two longitudinal menibcrs 3 on which the machinery of the impleme'nlt'is sup ported and to which the .'draft-pole 4 is secured The main axle 2 carries a large sprocket wheel 5in the same plane with a sprocket'wheel 6 mounted upon a shaft 7 carried in the upper portion of the implement. As the implement is drawn along by horses attached at the gasoleuc, alcohol or kerosene cngine, of any suitable form or make, adapted to produce the required power tend substantially the entire length of the frame of the and supported upon a platform attached to the main frame of the implement. The platform preferably comprises a plurality of boards or planks 8,- extending A parallel and having their ends supported upontheupPfiU per sides of two large pipes or tubes 9, which latter orig,

platform and. are rigidly secured thereto; As shown the tubes or pipes 9, which constitute the main suppo for the platform, are bound to the longitudinal n em -l bers 3 of the frame by means of U-shaped clamps 10, the form of which is clearly shown in Fig. 3. "Similar clamps 11 may be employed, if desired, for holding the platform to the supporting pipes or tubes, although I these clamps 11 need not be nearly as large-eras strong, due to the fact that they only serveto prevent the lateraldisplacement of the platformrather than supporting the weight thereof. L p 5 The platform carries the engine 12, having a balance I wheel 13 and a sprocketwheel 14, which latterissupported in the same plane with afs procket wheel 15, mounted on the shaft 7, whereby the. two may be con- 1 nected by a. chain 16, and power generated at the engine may be readily imparted to the machinery of the implement. .The engine is preferably inclosed within top portion of the casing or shell may, if desired, constitute a radiator where water is cooled and circulated in the jacket of the engine, and the fuel supply tank, not shown, mayalso be supported in this .uppe'r part, to give gravity feed, or. may be placed at the base of the engine and a feed pump provided.

No changes whatever'are made in the structure of the implement formerly used. I All that is necessary to secure our attachment in place involves the bolting of the tubes 9 to the frame of the implement arid the removal of the sprocket chain from the's'procketwheels 5 and 6, and the adjusting of saidsprocket chain on the sprockets 14 and 15. The engine employed may be a, comparatively small one, and its weight would not materially increase the weight of the implement, but as the engine operates all of the machinery of the implement, the power required of the horses to draw, the same is reduced to a very material extent, thus making it possible to operate the machine ata much faster rate and with far greater efficiency.

It is evident that any form of engine desired maybe employed, it only being essential that such engine have ashait from which power may be readily conveyed to the auxiliary shaft 7 (if the implement. If anything should accidentally happen to theenginc or the supply of fuel run out, or for any other reason it is not seen lit I to operate the same, it is evident that the chain may be readily operated in the same manner as heretofore.

Inasmuch ae-no permanent changes of an y hind whatsoever are rcquircd to be made in the structure of the a'shell 17, braced tothe platform by tie-rods 18. The p frame in any suitable manner and to any vehicle required, it will be understood that our invention is in no way limited to the specific implement shown, Inn to thelspecifie inezinsfor securing the platform, thereto.

It is evident that if desired the engine may he turned onequsrter way round and connected to the in1ple ment; in it slightly different manner iron] that shown.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent;

1. In combination, an implement having a main frame. machinery curried thereby, a main shaft, :1 traction wheel mounted thereon, a sprocket wheel on said shaft, whereby the machinery may be operated from said shaft, a plurality of pipes or tubes adjacent and parallel to the opposite sides of said main frame and extending outwardly there from, the outer ends being unsupported means for rigidly securing said pipes or tubes to said frame, a platform rigidly but rll-anhnlllv secured to said pipes or tubes at the outer ends thereof, an engine supported upon said pinti'urnl, means whereby the machinery nmy be operzltud by said engine, and n easing surrounding said engine nnd se cured to said platform.

2 In conihinntinn, an implement, comprising ii nmln frame having parallel side members. :1 lrm'tion wheel. muehinery supported upon snitl nmin fr'nm'. nml :nlnptwl to be operated by said traction wheel, lon;;iln linnl sup ports rigidly secured to the side members oi I'hn trnlne :ind extending outwardly therefrom, n plnll'orm rnrriwl by mid supports, an e e'ine led by mild plntt'nrm, :lnd menus for operntirely uonnevtilm' said engine to the mm'llinvry ol the implement.

in testimony whereof we llIH'l signed our name in this spvrifii-ntion in the pr enee oi two snbst'ribing; \ritnesses.

A. .l. Enw. SWANSIIN. 

